How is this unit for recording VHS material to DVD?
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Also, this unit has a built in tuner so if you live in an area without cable you can record TV shows without a cable or Dish box.
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Not unless you have a separate VCR. This is just a DVD recorder. I recorded all my old VCR tapes with it, from a VCR, and it works great.
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Hi Jim, Yes that is what I use mine for, I have hundreds of hours of VHS tapes that I shot of my family. I am converting them and burning them onto DVD's. My VCR has two composite outputs, I connect one to my capture card and the other to the convertor and the hdmi output to my big screen monitor. Works great and the quality surprised me.
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yes it does record on both vhs and dvd. recorded product are very high quality. could not ask for any thing better.
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Yes that is what I have on my laptop and used it to convert a bunch of VHS to DVD.
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I'm sorry Sam, I think i misread your initial question. The cable i was referring to was for output not in. my bad. I don't think you can do what your wanting with this camcorder. However there are other options besides a third party to convert your old VHS tapes. Simply search for a vhs to dvd converter. There are many options to choose from. Again sorry for misreading your question.
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If you are asking if you can burn the VHS contents to the dvd drive, no. The DVD drive on this unit is just a player. Check out Panasonic VHS/DVD recorders. I have one that records VHS to DVD -- it works beautifully, but is very old and no longer available. You may be able to find one from a third-party seller.
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If you are trying to copy a retail VHS movie that has macro-vision copy protection to a DVD on a stand alone DVD recorder, then, yes this will allow you to make the copy. The condition of the VHS tape you want to copy needs to be good otherwise you may have problems getting started. The DVD recorder only looks for the copy protection when you first start the recording. If everything is OK then it will continue to record until you stop it. (most of the time) Good Luck
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Yes or DVD to VHS. Very easy to use to do that as long as you have the right DVD. They have to be DVD -R, not +R.
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No, it's not DVD recorder. It's a combo of DVD player and VCR (VHS recorder and player).
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If the machine can play the VHS tape, it can record it on DVD. If you can buy a DVD of the copy-protected item for a reasonable price, you're probably going to be happier with the result. The system has operated quite satisfactorily for all the transfers I've done.
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No, this is not a DVD recorder. This unit can only play back DVD. Only the VHS part of this device can record
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It depends on the VHS tape. A copy-protected tape will not record to any disk correctly.
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I've used them to back up older VHS tapes using a combination VHS/DVD-Recorder without any problem. Though many VHS tapes have Macrovision which makes them unable to be recorded on any media.
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if you taped a television show on VHS you can record it to a DVD and if you recorded something on a DVD that is to say something that you recorded you can record it to the VHS
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I purchased a device from Roxio to copy VHS tapes to my laptop and then to burn them onto a DVD, it's a connector and some software. It's pretty seamless, you can copy the tape directly to a DVD or copy it to your computer and then burn the disc. If you have an s-video connector that would be the best way to do it as the Roxio device supports it. I didn't have one but an ordinary cable works fine.
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Yes, the unit accepts most common recordable DVD media. You may record directly to DVD or dub from the HDD of previously recorded items.
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I have been converting VHS tapes with copy protection to DVD. I installed the XDIMAXunit in the video output from the VHS player between the player and the DVD recorder (You need two cables for this). The left and right audio cables went directly to the DVD recorder.